Naked man risked flooded crocodile-infested river to win some booze

A fisherman in Australia has risked his life for what he considered a good cause - booze. He won two cases of bourbon for jumping on to a log racing down a flooded, crocodile-infested river in the nude.

The tiler, who didn't want to be named, rode the makeshift raft for about three minutes before clambering back into a boat. "I'd enjoyed a few beers and it seemed a good idea at the time," he said. "We weren't catching any fish - because the river was flowing too fast - so I thought, 'Why not?' "But when I woke up the next morning, it didn't seem so clever."



Witness Billy Innes said his mate thought nothing of the dangers of drowning or being eaten by a saltie. "It was hilarious," he said. The daredevil, who asked not to be named, was camping at the Daly River in the Northern Territory on Sunday when he accepted the bet. "Huge trees were hammering down the river," Mr Innes said.

"It was quite a sight. Someone dared him to get on to one of the logs and row across the river. We went out in a boat and he jumped overboard on to a tree. He managed to stay on for quite a while before getting back into the boat. He got two cases of Jack Daniels for it - and thought that made it all worthwhile."